How to Cook Fresh Kielbasa: The Ultimate Ways Revealed

Kielbasa or Polish sausage is a typical favorite for it can be cooked in just a short period of time—ideal for those always in a rush.

There are also a number of ways in which it can be done, however for this exact feature, many people often commit a mishap leading to a less pleasant looking and tasting kielbasa.

But before anything else, take note that kielbasa come in two forms — there is the smoked version. The smoked version is basically already pre-cooked. Most of the times, producers manufacture kielbasa with artificial flavors in it already.

On the other hand, a fresh kielbasa is just as what the name suggests — it is fresh and raw. You’re going to have to boil it first before browning it skin through different means of cooking.

That said, we give you all the ways in which you can cook your fresh homemade kielbasa!

What You Need

Stove

This is also known as a ranger, gas range, or cooker. It is a kitchen appliance that relies on direct heat for cooking food purposes. Oftentimes, it has an oven companion used for baking.

Oven

This is a thermally insulated cooking device or appliance, also used for heating, baking or drying of a substance. Electric ovens are also available in stores now. They are ovens that depend, instead, on electricity to generate heat.

Slow-cooker

You would probably know this as crock-pot. A slow cooker or crock-pot is a countertop kitchen electrical appliance used to simmer at a low temperature. Just like baking, boiling, broiling, and roasting, this is another method of cooking food.

Saucepan

This a round pan with depth that has straight sides. This is primarily used for stewing and boiling.

Skillet or saute pan

This one is also sometimes called a frying pan. It has slanted sides that makes it very ideal to be used for stir-frying and quick cooking.

Barbecue Grill

This is a device that utilizes applied heat from below to be able to cook food. There are different type of barbecue g﻿ril﻿l with charcoal and electric grill being the most common.

Step - by - Step Procedure

Before anything else, always make sure that you have given your kielbasa an ample to unfreeze for at least an hour. If you have not frozen your kielbasa, you may now proceed to the next step.

1. Prepping Your Kielbasa through Boiling

Step 1: Put your kielbasa into a cooking pan, along with spices and flavors such as onion slices, peppercorn, garlic cloves and pour the right amount of water into it.

Step 2: Place pan onto a burner that is set to medium setting

Step 3: Wait until water comes to a full boil. This goes for over half an hour to fifty minutes. Once it does, lower the heat.

Step 4: Cover your cooking pan simmer the sausage on your stove top for about twenty five to thirty minutes or until the water is gone. You can also turn it over once, if you like.

Step 5: Drain water and put the sausage to a plate. If you are not going to eat it right ahead, store it in in a resealable pack. You can still use this for 3 weeks to a month. Proceed to the next step, if you want to serve it right ahead.

2. Ways of Cooking / Browning

After you have boiled and prep your kielbasa, you may now proceed to browning it. We now give you the various ways in which you can do so.

Method 1: Oven-Backing

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step 2: Pour a little amount of coat of oil for coating into your baking pan and place the kielbasa inside.

Step 3: Place it inside your oven

Step 4: Let the sausage bake inside for about fifteen to twenty minutes.

Step 5: Once, the skin of the kielbasa expands and eventually splits, remove the pan from the oven and serve on a plate.

Method 2: Slow-Cooking

Step 2: Pour some water onto your sauerkraut can and pour it into your slow-cooker, as well.

Step 3: Place the ring above the sauerkraut; cover your slow-cooker with a lid

Step 4: Set your slow-cooker’s temperature to a low setting and let the kielbasa stay in the sauerkraut for about eight to ten hours.

Step 5: Once done, serve in a plate and enjoy.

Method 3: Pan-Frying

Step 1: Take your your saute pan or skillet and set your stove to medium heat. Start with prepping it by spreading your oil of preference onto the pan. You can do this by using a brush or by swirling the pan.

Step 2: Using a chopping board, begin cutting your sausages into the slices of your preference. You can have thicker or thinner slices, depending on how you cut it.

If you do lengthwise cutting, you’ll end up with thicker slices. On the other hand, if you use cross cutting you’ll have relatively thinner slices.

Step 3: Once you finish cutting your sausage into slices, you may now fry them. The amount of time you need will probably depend on the size if your pan as this will determine how many slices you can fry at the same time.

Leave each side for about a minute and a half before turning it over.

Step 4: Once both sides are brown, you may now serve it.

Method 4: Grilling

Step 1: Preheat your electric grill to medium-high setting. If you are not using an electric one, note that coals are ready once you can only hold your hand five inches above your grill for only three to four seconds

Step 2: Start grilling kielbasa by flipping once, until browned and heated through. One side usually takes about five to ten minutes.

Step 3: Once done, you may now serve it and enjoy.

Helpful Tips

For a treat, you can cut your kielbasa into round-sized pieces and place them inside a bread or pastry dough.

Brush the outside of the dough with some butter that’s melted. Then bake the sausage inside the oven for about twenty minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Once served, you can add some brown mustard sauce for your drip and extra flavour. For your spices and seasoning, you can use salt, pepper, coriander, sugar, garlic, onion, ginger, and sage.

However if you prefer to create some more elaborate dishes using kielbasa, them go ahead. For this types of dishes, you usually saute your kielbasa using some spices such as garlic or onions.

Numerous dishes you can prepare include sausage stew, kielbasa and cabbage skillet, sausage jambalaya and many more.

Final Thoughts

So there we have it, guys! There are numerous ways in which you can cook a homemade fresh kielbasa after prepping it through boiling such as grilling, baking, frying, and slow-cooking.

All depending on your preference of medium, time available, and kitchen devices. There isn’t any necessarily any superior way of doing so, so feel free to choose and have fun!

We hope this article has helped! If you have some more suggestions, recommendations, or comments, please do not hesitate to leave them down below. Share them with your family and friends, as well!

Emily Mathews

Hi, I am Emily Mathews. I grew up in a small town in Tennessee, where I learned how to cook fabulous local dishes from my Mother. I have 3 children and they enable me to cook from my heart every day. I am also passionately interested in creating globally inspired food with locally grown ingredients.

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